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Dennis Tester

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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Posted on 10/04/12 at 10:38 am in response to From debate, voters got little beyond Big Bird on education

Romney: "I don't have any plan to cut education funding. But I do agree with you that where you put your money says something about your priorities. You put $90 billion into green energy. I'm all for green energy but you could have hired two million teachers with that money." Obama just looked down at his shoes.

Posted on 10/04/12 at 10:02 am in response to The dangers of government that doesn’t get things done

In post-debate interviews with the focus groups last night, some undecided and independent voters made the point that what attracted them to Romney was his argument that the nation's problems, including the sequestration debacle, is the result of a lack of leadership from the White House.

And as proof that he would be a better leader, he pointed to his time as governor of Massachusetts when he had to work with a state legislature that was 87% democrat. He mentioned how they met every...

Posted on 10/04/12 at 08:26 am in response to Bus driver, 72, charged with slapping 6-year-old

because they were going to keep track of how much time each candidate spoke in what was planned to be a pretty open format. They also plotted the plus-minus reactions of their focus group of undecideds, separated by gender.

Each candidate was supposed to get two-minute blocks of time for their remarks and then the other candidate would get his turn. On the running "time of possession" clock, Obama consistently ran 2-3 minutes of more speaking time than did Romney and I was getting...

Posted on 10/04/12 at 10:30 am in response to Bus driver, 72, charged with slapping 6-year-old

wasn't as bad as Obama's Freudian slip when he said "And everybody's getting a fair shot. And everybody's getting a fair share," He quickly changed it to "DOING a fair share."

Posted on 10/01/12 at 12:49 pm in response to If you’re sick of gridlock, blame the Constitution

the only people who believe that the Consitution is a living document are those who don't like what it says.

The story goes that as Benjamin Franklin emerged from Independence Hall at the close of the constitutional convention, a woman asked him, “Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Mr. Franklin replied, “A republic, madam – if you can keep it.”

We have gridlock not because the Republicans "want Obama to look bad," we have gridlock because they are trying...

Posted on 09/27/12 at 01:15 pm in response to 'What is it to be white,' and other thoughts from Keith Ellison

in that in the future it's going to be more difficult for policitians to pander for votes by promising redress for alleged historical wrongs when that victimized group represents the majority of the population.

And if he was smart he'd recognize that the system that has most elevated the world's poor, from North America to Asia, is free-market capitalism. Because unlike his imaginary system where prosperity comes from sharing the wealth created by others, with free-market capitalism...

Posted on 09/27/12 at 08:20 am in response to Minnesota is No. 13 in highest-taxed states

Assuming you're who you say you are.

Posted on 09/26/12 at 03:07 pm in response to Judge rules against Amy Senser and criticizes husband Joe

"Tribal member Martha Marceau said at the rally that if the amendment passes and she can’t use her tribal ID to vote, that will tell her her nation means nothing."

Nonsense. I have a tribal photo ID card. I had to show a MN drivers license to prove who I am in order to get it.

Posted on 09/26/12 at 11:35 am in response to Are Minnesota's wolf-harvest rules more 'conservative' than Wisconsin's?

about what the Indians hold sacred they wouldn't have banned tobacco either, so I hope the Ojibwe tribes aren't expecting the government to do the right thing based on anyone's religious liberties.

Posted on 09/26/12 at 08:23 am in response to Redistribution of wealth has gone upward, not down, since early '80s

Do we want to face the facts?"

Actually, the only question is, do you want to live in a free society or a government-managed collective? Because in a free society what someone else earns or what they own is none of our business.

And when only half of us are paying for the cost to run the federal government, the national common good, maybe it's time for those riding in the wagon to start paying something for the privilege. Because we all know how that half would answer the...